Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, and director. He was known for his roles as The Penguin in the 1960s TV version of Batman, as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky, Rocky II and Rocky III, and as Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. He won two Saturn Awards (in 1978 and in 1981), Tony Awards, and many Emmy Awards.

Filmography

• 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration — Henry Bemis (archive footage)
• 2006Rocky Balboa — Micky Goldmill (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
• 1995Grumpier Old Men — Grandpa Gustafson
• 1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure — Old Man (uncredited)
• 1994Across the Moon — Barney
• 1994Camp Nowhere — Fein
• 1993Grumpy Old Men — Grandpa Gustafson
• 1993La Classe américaine — The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
• 1992I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America — Guest
• 1992Lincoln — Winfield Scott (voice)
• 1992Mastergate — Wiley Slaughter
• 1992The Chaplin Puzzle — Narrator (voice)
• 1991Night of the Hunter — Birdy
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Narrator (voice)
• 1990Oddball Hall — Ingersol
• 1990Rocky V — Mickey Goldmill
• 1990State of Grace — Finn
• 1989The Wickedest Witch — Narrator (voice)
• 1988Full Moon in Blue Water — The General
• 1988Hot to Trot — Don's Dad
• In the Heat of the Night — Judge Cully
• 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1988King Lear — Don Learo
• 1988South of Reno
• 1987G.I. Joe: The Movie — Golobulus (voice)
• 1987Mister Corbett's Ghost — Mad Tom
• 1986Outrage! — Judge Aaron Klein
• 1986The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard — Mr. Ben the Owl
• 1986The Blinkins: The Magic Flower
• 1985Answers — Chas Potter (Segment "The Constituent")
• 1985Broken Rainbow — Historical Voice (voice)
• 1985Santa Claus: The Movie — Ancient Elf
• 1984Thumbelina — Mr. Mole
• 1984Wet Gold — Sampson
• 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Mr. Mole
• Gloria — Dr. Willard Adams
• 1982Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody — Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
• 1982Rocky III — Mickey Goldmill
• 1981Clash of the Titans — Ammon
• 1981Mr. Griffin and Me — Kenneth Griffin
• 1981The Last Chase — Captain J.G. Williams
• 1981True Confessions — Msgr. Seamus Fargo
• 1980Final Assignment — Zak
• 1980When Time Ran Out... — Rene Valdez
• 1979Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies — Puff the Magic Dragon (voice)
• 1979Rocky II — Mickey Goldmill
• 1979UFOs: It Has Begun
• 1978Foul Play — Mr. Hennessey
• 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid — William Blackstone
• 1978Magic — Ben Greene
• 1978Puff, the Magic Dragon — Puff (voice)
• 1978SST: Death Flight — Willy Basset
• 1978The Amazing Captain Nemo — Prof. Waldo Cunningham
• 1978The Great Bank Hoax — Jack Stutz
• 1978The Living Sands of Namib — Narrator (voice)
• 1978The Manitou — Dr. Snow
• 1977Golden Rendezvous — Van Heurden
• 1977Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye — John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
• 1977Tail Gunner Joe — Joseph Welch
• 1977The Last Hurrah — Cardinal Burke
• 1977The Sentinel — Charles Chazen
• 1976Burnt Offerings — Arnold Allardyce
• 1976Circasia — Clown, Producer
• 1976Rocky — Mickey Goldmill
• 197592 in the Shade — Goldsboro
• 1975B. Must Die — Hector
• 1975The Day of the Locust — Harry Greener
• 1975The Hindenburg — Emilio Pajetta
• 1975The Master Gunfighter — Narrator (voice)
• 1974Golden Needles — Winters
• Korg: 70,000 B.C.
• 1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go — The Dolphin, Screenplay, Director
• 1973Old Faithful — Chief Ranger
• 1972A Fan's Notes — Mr. Blue
• 1972Beware! The Blob — Old Hobo
• 1972Getting Away from It All — Capt. Frank Coffin
• 1972Probe — V.C.R. Cameron
• Search — V.C.R. Cameron
• 1972The Man — Senator Watson
• 1972The New Healers — Dr. Simmons
• 1972We the People — Narrator
• 1971Clay Pigeon — Freedom Lovelace
• 1971Lock, Stock and Barrel — Rev. Willie Pursle
• 1971Such Good Friends — Kalman
• 1971The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove — Henry Meade
• Night Gallery — Charlie Finnegan, Dr. William Fall (segment "The Little Black Bag")
• The Bold Ones: The Senator — State Party Chairman Mallon
• 1970There Was a Crooked Man... — The Missouri Kid
• 1969Hard Contract — Ramsey Williams
• Love, American Style — Harrison Merriweather
• 1969Mackenna's Gold — The Storekeeper
• Room 222
• 1969The Father — Captain Ned
• 1969The Reivers — Lucius / Narrator (voice)
• 1969Winter of the Witch — Narrator
• 1968Dear Mr. Gable — Narrator
• 1968Skidoo — The Warden
• 1968Stay Away, Joe — Charlie Lightcloud
• 1967Hurry Sundown — Judge Purcell
• Ironside
• Mannix
• The Invaders — Theodore Booth
• 1967Torture Garden — Dr. Diabolo (Framing Story)
• 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady — Doc Scully
• 1966Batman — The Penguin
• Batman — The Penguin
• 1966Madame X — Dan Sullivan
• 1966The Crazy-Quilt — Narrator (voice)
• The Monkees
• Branded
• 1965In Harm's Way — Commander Egan Powell
• Laredo
• The Loner
• The Wild Wild West — Orkney Cadwallader
• 12 O'Clock High — Dr. Michael Rink
• Daniel Boone — Alex Hemming
• 1964Fanfare for a Death Scene — Prof. George Bannerman
• Profiles in Courage — John Peter Altgeld
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• Burke's Law — Sidney Wilde, Burton Reese, Harold Harold
• Mr. Novak — Principal Martin Woodridge
• 1963The Cardinal — Father Halley
• 1962Advise & Consent — Herbert Gelman
• Sam Benedict
• The Virginian — Tim Bradbury
• Ben Casey
• 1961Waiting for Godot — Vladimir / Didi
• Bonanza — Owney Duggan
• Rawhide — Tom Gwynn, Matthew Higgins, Hannibal H. Plew
• The Twilight Zone — Henry Bemis, Mr. Smith, Luther Dingle, Romney Wordsworth
• Naked City — Duncan Kleist
• 1958Sorcerers' Village — Narrator
• 1958The Kidnappers — Louis Halliburton
• 1957Albert Schweitzer — Narrator (voice)
• 1957Joe Butterfly — Joe Butterfly
• Suspicion — Ramskill
• 1957The Jet-Propelled Couch — Director
• General Electric Theater — Thomas A. Edison, Velvet Pants
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Sid Davis, Cardinal Burke
• Tales of Tomorrow
• Lux Video Theatre — David
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo, Stage Manager
• 1950Works of Calder — Narrator, Producer
• Your Show of Shows
• 1949Golden Arrow — Dick
• 1949Jigsaw — Jack - Bartender (uncredited)
• Lights Out
• The Big Story — Narrator, Self - Narrator
• 1949The Man on the Eiffel Tower — Joseph Heurtin, Director
• 1948A Yank Comes Back — Self, Writer
• Lamp Unto My Feet — Narrator (voice)
• 1948On Our Merry Way — Oliver M. Pease, Producer
• Studio One — Gulley Jimson
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1947Mine Own Executioner — Felix Milne
• 1946Magnificent Doll — James Madison
• 1946The Diary of a Chambermaid — Captain Mauger, Screenplay, Producer
• 1945A Walk in the Sun — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Story of G.I. Joe — Ernie Pyle
• 1944A Salute to France — Joe - the American Soldier, Screenplay
• 1944Attack! The Battle for New Britain — Narrator (voice)
• 1944Hymn of the Nations — Narrator (voice)
• 1944Tunisian Victory — American soldier (voice)
• 1943A Welcome to Britain — Self (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 1943The Rear Gunner — Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
• 1943The United States Service Bands — footage from 'The Rear Gunner' (uncredited)
• 1942Street of Chance — Frank Thompson
• 1941Second Chorus — Hank Taylor
• 1941That Uncertain Feeling — Alexander Sebastian
• 1941The Forgotten Village — Narrator
• 1941Tom, Dick and Harry — Harry
• 1940Castle on the Hudson — Steve Rockford
• 1940San Francisco Docks — Johnny Barnes
• 1939Idiot's Delight — Quillary
• 1939Of Mice and Men — George Milton
• 1938Spring Madness — The Lippencott
• 1937There Goes the Groom — Derek "Dick" Matthews
• 1936Winterset — Mio Romagna
• 1935The Scoundrel — Flop House Bum

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 202040 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1985Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• 1944Our Country — Self